PRE-REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON JANUARY 11, 2024 AT 8:00P.M. and CLOSE FEBRUARY 11 AT 8:00 P.M. We have decided to start pre-registration on January 11th to make sure everyone is informed of the start time and has time to check out the sessions as the first week back to school can be quite hectic. FOR PRE-REGISTERED SESSIONS PLEASE USE THE PRE-REGISTRATION LINK BELOW THE SESSION DESCRIPTION IN SCHED.Adding the session to your Sched schedule does not mean you are pre-registered. The number in the title shows how many will be allowed to attend the session. We do allow more names to be added, but they will be on the waiting list. This is explained on the pre-registration page. https://www.pdtca.org/pre-registration.html
REASON TO CREATE A PROFILE IN SCHED You do not need to create a profile and log in to see sessions in Sched. However, if you want to add yourself to a session to create a schedule or evaluate a session you must be logged in.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY “On the two school days of your assigned teachers’ convention, you have a legal and professional responsibility to attend convention. If you are not able to make it safely to your assigned convention, however, your collective agreement may include impassable roads or inclement weather clauses that you can access. If your collective agreement does not include language specific to road conditions or weather, you may make use of the personal leave clauses of your agreement in most cases. Please be aware that using any of these types of leave may require you to pay substitute costs, forego a portion of your salary and benefits, or report to your school or another work location in your district. Refer to your collective agreement for more information. Should you require any additional information or if you need assistance interpreting your collective agreement, please contact Teacher Employment Services at 1-800-232-7208 or 780-447-9400.” This information is also found on the Frequently Asked Questions page on the www.ataconventions.ca website. If you have any further questions regarding this, please contact Daniel.Maas@ata.ab.ca.
PLEASE BRING A LAPTOP IF YOU HAVE ONE (TABLETS AND PHONES WILL WORK TOO). Canva is a free for educators tool that has many creative uses in the classroom. This session is intended to give you an overview of Canva, some ideas for using it in the classroom, how it can integrate with Google Classroom and where you can find additional support for using it after this session. Come and see how this creative tool can be used to help support your creative lessons and how it can transform student learning and enhance their creative projects. NO TECHNICAL or ARTISTIC SKILL NECESSARY just a willingness to experiment. Laptops, tablets or cellphones would be useful.
Wade is a Communications Technology and Photography teacher at Oilfields High School in Diamond Valley. He has been teaching CTF/CTS courses for over 25 years and has started photography programs at three different school in Alberta.
